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Sororities agree to walk out of all keg
By John Broadfoot
Staff Writer
Partygoers comply ing with an agree
ment signed by sorority presidents will
walk out of mixers at which common
alcohol containers are present, sorority
members said Thursday.
Chapter presidents drafted an agree
ment in late November stating that the
sorority members would leave parties
at which kegs were present to protect
the chapters from being held liable if an
Student auditors
thwart congress's
fee-review efforts
By Marty Mlnchln
Staff Writer
Agroup of student auditprs has stalled
the progress of an activity fee inquiry by
denying Student Congress members
access to the financial records of cam
pus organizations.
UNC Audit Board representatives
said at a meeting Wednesday night that
members of the Student Fees Task Force
could not be objective when dealing
with the information.
No comprom ise was reached between
the groups at the meeting.
The task force was formed by con
I gress members last semester to assess
the financial status of all groups that are
funded by student activities fees. Audit
board members act as the board of di
rectors for the Student Activities Fund
Office.
Neal McCall, audit board chairman,
said he was worried that congress mem
bers did not have the objectivity to look
at SAFO records and then conduct a
proper audit.
"Since they allocate the funds (to the
groups), they still cannot be completely
objective," McCall said. "We're just
antsy about them physically looking at
the records."
' Scott Maxwell, task force chairman,
said congress members had nothing to
gain by cutting a group's fees.
"I think we can be completely objec
tive," he said. "It's not like the money
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accident occurred.
The policy has been effective so far,
said Eloise Waters, president of Alpha
Delta Pi sorority.
"The presidents of the sororities got
together and drew up an agreement that
said that the sororities would no longer
co-sponsor parties with fraternities with
kegs," Waters said.
Kristen Alexander, a Panhellenic
Council member from Kappa Kappa
Gamma sorority, said a similar policy
drawn up by the Inter-Fraternity Coun-
comes back to us."
He added that some groups are "left
in the cold" when another group gets
too much money in fees.
Tim Moore, Student Congress
speaker and a task force member, threat
ened at the meeting to fire the audit
board members if they didn't allow the
task force to view the records.
Since the audit board serves "at the
pleasure of congress," they are not in a
position to dictate to congress, he said.
"It's like the tail trying to wag the
dog," Moore said at the meeting.
Audit board member Heather Brown
said politics could influence task force
members when they conduct their
search.
"The first commandment of auditing
is you have to be objective and indepen
dent," she said. "They (congress mem
bers) can't convince me they're not
politically influenced. People who are
involved with the money do not audit
the clients."
But Moore argued that task force
members wanted financial information
that professional auditors wouldn't in
quire about.
"We're looking for different things
than they are," he said. "We're looking
at how efficiently they're spending their
money. That's not the audit board's
job."
The Sunshine Law, passed by con
See AUDIT, page 7
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eight rebounds in Thursday's 90-79 victory
cil and Panhellenic Council about a
year ago had been ineffective.
"(The original) policy was drawn up
for liability purposes," Alexander said.
"Basically what (that) alcohol policy
says is no common containers at fraternity-sorority
mixers."
Waters said troubles arose with the
old policy because it was ignored at
parties making a new, stricter agree
ment necessary.
Travis Tygart, president of Pi Kappa
Alpha fraternity, agreed the old policy
Rep. Price responds to residents
health care, economic concerns
By Dana Pope
Assistant City Editor
Rep. David Price, D-N.C, told
about 130 constituents on Thursday
night that he shared their concerns for
the ailing economy and for a neces
sary national health care plan.
The4th District congressman spoke
and answered questions during a com
munity meeting at Phillips JuniorHigh
School.
Chapel Hill residents focused ques
tions on the issues of health care, the
economy and education.
Price, a third-term representative,
said the country needed a comprehen
sive health care plan.
"We need a national plan that
doesn't let people fall through the
cracks."
Price said that 35 million people
nationwide did not have any type of
health care insurance and that
uninsured people needed attention.
"The quality of care for these people
is sporadic," he said.
A woman, who declined to be iden
tified for fear of employer reprisal,
said health insurance for chronically
ill patients should not be so costly.
She added that she had been es
corted out of a doctor's office because
she did not have adequate insurance.
The only insurance now available to
her would cost $400 per month, she
said.
A lifelong urological disease man
dates that she receive frequent medi
cal attention, she said.
"If I don't get treatment, I won't
work."
No. 14 Tar Heels buck Rogers, Deacs
behind second-half shooting explosion
By Neil Amato
Sports Editor
WINSTON-SALEM Rodney was
incredi-Bull, but North Carolina's own
bullish forward helped the Tar Heels
plow through Wake Forest's matador
defense to pull away in the second half
Thursday for a 90-79 win at Lawrence
Joel Coliseum.
UNC's George Lynch, who had nine
rebounds and a career-high 26 points,
victimized the Deacs in each half and
scored a key bucket with two minutes,
21 seconds left to foil a Wake come
back. Lynch'sefforthelpedthe 14th-ranked
Tar Heels up their record to 1 2-2 and 3
1 in the ACC. Wake Forest dropped to
8-4, 1-3 in the conference.
Demon Deacon forward Rodney
Rogers a burly, 6-foot-7 Durham
native nicknamed "The Durham Bull"
had 27 points and eight rebounds. He
played the final 7:30 with four fouls and
brought Wake Forest to within three
points with 2:41 left in the game.
The sellout crowd of 14,480 wit
nessed a matchup between two similar
players performing at peak levels.
"You saw two great forwards on the
floor tonight in Rogers and Lynch,"
said UNC head coach Dean Smith.
"Rodney reminds me a little bit of (New
Jersey Nets star) Derrick Coleman,
though I think Rodney's a little better."
Wake head coach Dave Odom said
the battle royale was probably won by
UNC's 6-foot-7 junior, who had 12
points in the first half and 14 in the
second on 1 1 -of-13 shooting.
"They're two great players, and they
both respect each other," Odom said.
"They both had great games. I thought
Lynch outran us, and that surprised me."
had been ineffective.
The new policy was drafted by soror
ity presidents only, not by the
Panhellenic Council or the IFC.
Both Waters and Alexander said they
knew of instances in which sorority
members had left parties after discover
ing open kegs.
Tom Siachos, vice president of Kappa
Sigma fraternity, said that he had not
seen any sororities leave parties but that
sorority members were taking the new
policy seriously.
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Rep. David Price addresses constituents
Members of the audience also ap
prised Price of their concerns for the
economy and trade deficits.
Price, a memberof the House Appro
priations Committee, said Congress was
trying to come up with a solution to the
recession and to put money into con
sumer hands.
"We will continue a series of projects
for a short-term rejuvenation of the
economy," he said.
Recent trade talks with Japan should
have focused more on America's inter
national economic strengths. Price said.
"We led with a very weak hand on
that trade mission," he said.
"I don't want the trade policies of
Box score .
Indeed, Lynch always seemed to be
one step ahead of the Deacons. He
vaulted North Carolina to a 68-57 lead
with 10:28 to go, leading UNC on a 30
15 run to open the second half. Lynch
scored eight points in that spurt, two of
them on an offensive rebound and four
on pure hustle. On two instances, Lynch
beat every Wake player down the floor
for easy baskets.
"We wore them down in the second
half," said UNC center Eric Montross,
who scored 1 5 points and snagged eight
rebounds. "We had more depth, and we
beat them down the floor on several
occasions."
The Tar Heels also wore on Wake
Forest's confidence in the second half,
hitting 79.2 percent from the floor. North
Carolina which has beaten Wake 21
of the last 22 times also clogged the
middle in the final period by playing
some zone defense to neutralize Rogers,
who had 16 first-half points.
Still, Rogers, a sophomore, found a
way to get his points. UNC held a 79-7 1
lead with 3:38 left before Rogers scored
five straight points a layup off an
offensive rebound and a 3-pointer from
deep in the right corner to slice the
Tar Heels' lead to three with 2:42 to go.
Lynch's basket put UNC ahead by
five, and Wake committed three of its
12 turnovers on successive trips down
the floor to allow UNC to build an 87
76 lead with 55.1 seconds remaining.
UNC point guard Derrick Phelps hit
all four of his free throws in the second
half on his way to an 1 8-point, 1 1 -assist
night. Those numbers and Lynch's ac
curate performance from the floor sym
bolized the Tar Heels' near-flawless
play in the second half.
"It's something we are not used to,"
Siachos said. "There's nothing we can
do about it."
Alexander said if anyone at a fraternity-
or sorority-sponsored party were
injured, that person could sue the orga
nizations and the presidents.
"It's now just like going to any other
party," she said. "Instead of kegs it is
now 'Bring your own beer.'"
Tygart said the new agreement was
effective because expenses could be
come too high for the fraternities alone
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Thursday at Phillips Junior High School
other countries to become scape
goats." Educational spending on state and
national levels also was discussed
during the question and answer ses
sion. Cara Klein, an eighth grader at
Culbreth Middle School, told Price
that more funding was needed for
schools and that teachers should have
higher salaries.
"There is hardly any money in edu
cational programs," Klein said.
"Teachers are the most important
people this country has."
See PRICE, page 7
"In light of UNC's performance, I
think it's almost remarkable that we
came as close as we did," Odom said. "I
don't think I've seen a team play more
effectively or smarter than North Caro
lina in the second half.
"They shot well, they spaced us out
well and they utilized our weaknesses
just about as well as could be done."
UNC's one sour note came late in the
first half, when Wake outshot,
outhustled and outscored the Tar Heels
17-4 in the last seven minutes of the
period. So, to start the second half, the
Tar Heels looked down low to their
more sizable and talented front line for
easy hoops.
"The last few minutes (of the first
half), we had a letdown, and Coach
Smith let us know about it," Lynch said.
"We went inside to start the second half
and always seemed to find the open
shot."
Rogers, who also had four rebounds
and three assists in the first stanza, led
the Deacons to a four-point lead after a
back-and-forth first half. Wake led 5-0
before UNC charged back to take a 10
8 advantage.
With 7:19 left before the half, UNC
jumped to a 36-25 lead on an offensive
rebound and putback by Lynch.
UNC was held without a point for the
next 6:55, though, as Wake went on a
17-0 run to take a 42-36 lead.
Wake's Chris King (12 points in the
first half, 1 6 for the game) scored eight
straight points in the run, which was
highlighted by one of Rogers' dunks.
"(Rogers) is an incredible player,"
said UNC guard Henrik ROdl. "He goes
to the hoop, he shoots the three, and he
can obviously dunk. I think he's almost
ready for the next level.
"He did everything for them tonight."
parlies
if sororities boycotted the parties.
"I think it has been effective so far,"
he said. "None of the houses can jeop
ardize their finances by having the so
rorities not co-sponsor the parties."
Alexander said the University took
longer than other campuses to imple
ment an alcohol policy.
"A lot of other campuses can't be
lieve we have waited so long to form
this type of alcohol policy," she said.
"This is just to protect the fraternities
and sororities."
Chief: Fire
ignited by
log's sparks
By Jennifer Brett
Staff Writer
A smoldering log left on the porch of
a Carrboro apartment began the fire that
destroyed two decks and caused inter
nal damage to two units Monday morn
ing, Carrboro Fire Ch ief Robert S wiger
said in a press conference Thursday.
Thomas Donegan of B-I2
Woodbridge Apartments left town Fri
day night, apparently failing to dispose
of a log from his fireplace properly,
Swiger said.
Donegan did not return until flames
had ravaged the building.
"At this point, the department's in
vestigation is over," Swiger said. "But
we'll be working with the insurance
company to arrive at appropriate com
pensation figures."
The Carrboro Fire Department called
in a State Bureau of Investigation team
to investigate the fire, which SBI offi
cials determined was an accident, Swiger
said.
No legal action will be taken against
Donegan, he said. Donegan, who Swiger
said is staying with family members,
could not be reached for comment.
Firefighters from the Carrboro,
Chapel Hill and Orange Grove Fire
Districts responded within 20 minutes
of a call alerting them to the crisis,
greatly reducing the potential damage,
Swiger said.
"I'd like to commend the fire fighters
on the scene for their efforts," he said.
Fire department officials have not
determined the cost of the fire damage.
Both decks will have to be replaced,
but the interiors of the apartments only
sustained smoke and heat damage,
Swiger said.
Spencer Vick, manager of
Woodbridge Apartments, said she
would be distributing a flyer to inform
residents about Monday's fire and re
mind them of general safety
precautions."We want to let people
know what happened, and how they can
prevent another incident from occur
ring," she said.
Residents periodically are reminded
to deposit ashes and logs into desig
nated cans, she said.
Daniel Bownan, whose residence at
B-8 Woodbridge sustained damage from
the blaze, will be relocated into another
Woodbridge unit, Swiger said.
Vick said she offered an available
unit to Donegan, but he chose to move
to Durham.
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